Gr. 11 Essay Analysis - updated April 2013
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(exam preparation) - start from the bottom


How to analyze an essay - the steps


June Callwood


Context

Essay:









Mandela Inaugural Speech

Context

Analyze
  • What are five rhetorical devices in this speech (essay)?
  • Use the Rhetorical Device chart to analyze each one thoroughly, connecting the direct quotation example to the definition and explaining the connection of the device to the main argument (thesis)



Sample Essays
There are many anthologies of essays that can be found in your local library The Broadview Reader, Echoes 11, and Viewpoints 11, but newspapers have some good persuasive essay as well:

Stay away from the Editorials or Letters to the Editor since these are generally not the kinds of persuasive essays we will use on the exam

Using our Library Databases**

In the media: